Clarify documentation around selecor.relabel-config option

cmd/thanos/query.go

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func registerQuery(app *extkingpin.App) {
 	storeSelectorRelabelConf := *extflag.RegisterPathOrContent(
 		cmd,
 		"selector.relabel-config",
-		"YAML with relabeling configuration that allows the Querier to select specific TSDBs by their external label. It follows native Prometheus relabel-config syntax. See format details: https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config ",
+		"YAML file with relabeling configuration that allows selecting blocks to query based on their external labels. It follows the Thanos sharding relabel-config syntax. For format details see: https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling ",
 		extflag.WithEnvSubstitution(),
 	)
 

docs/components/compact.md

@@ -437,18 +437,19 @@ Flags:
                                 resolution forever
       --selector.relabel-config=<content>
                                 Alternative to 'selector.relabel-config-file'
-                                flag (mutually exclusive). Content of
-                                YAML file that contains relabeling
-                                configuration that allows selecting
-                                blocks. It follows native Prometheus
-                                relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                flag (mutually exclusive). Content of YAML
+                                file with relabeling configuration that allows
+                                selecting blocks to act on based on their
+                                external labels. It follows thanos sharding
+                                relabel-config syntax. For format details see:
+                                https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --selector.relabel-config-file=<file-path>
-                                Path to YAML file that contains relabeling
-                                configuration that allows selecting
-                                blocks. It follows native Prometheus
-                                relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                Path to YAML file with relabeling
+                                configuration that allows selecting blocks
+                                to act on based on their external labels.
+                                It follows thanos sharding relabel-config
+                                syntax. For format details see:
+                                https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --tracing.config=<content>
                                 Alternative to 'tracing.config-file' flag
                                 (mutually exclusive). Content of YAML file

docs/components/query.md

@@ -468,18 +468,18 @@ Flags:
       --selector.relabel-config=<content>
                                  Alternative to 'selector.relabel-config-file'
                                  flag (mutually exclusive). Content of YAML
-                                 with relabeling configuration that allows
-                                 the Querier to select specific TSDBs by their
-                                 external label. It follows native Prometheus
-                                 relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                 https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                 file with relabeling configuration that allows
+                                 selecting blocks to query based on their
+                                 external labels. It follows the Thanos sharding
+                                 relabel-config syntax. For format details see:
+                                 https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --selector.relabel-config-file=<file-path>
-                                 Path to YAML with relabeling configuration
-                                 that allows the Querier to select
-                                 specific TSDBs by their external label.
-                                 It follows native Prometheus
-                                 relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                 https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                 Path to YAML file with relabeling
+                                 configuration that allows selecting blocks
+                                 to query based on their external labels.
+                                 It follows the Thanos sharding relabel-config
+                                 syntax. For format details see:
+                                 https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --store=<store> ...        Deprecation Warning - This flag is deprecated
                                  and replaced with `endpoint`. Addresses of
                                  statically configured store API servers

docs/components/store.md

@@ -192,18 +192,19 @@ Flags:
                                  https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/logging.md/#configuration
       --selector.relabel-config=<content>
                                  Alternative to 'selector.relabel-config-file'
-                                 flag (mutually exclusive). Content of
-                                 YAML file that contains relabeling
-                                 configuration that allows selecting
-                                 blocks. It follows native Prometheus
-                                 relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                 https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                 flag (mutually exclusive). Content of YAML
+                                 file with relabeling configuration that allows
+                                 selecting blocks to act on based on their
+                                 external labels. It follows thanos sharding
+                                 relabel-config syntax. For format details see:
+                                 https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --selector.relabel-config-file=<file-path>
-                                 Path to YAML file that contains relabeling
-                                 configuration that allows selecting
-                                 blocks. It follows native Prometheus
-                                 relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                 https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                 Path to YAML file with relabeling
+                                 configuration that allows selecting blocks
+                                 to act on based on their external labels.
+                                 It follows thanos sharding relabel-config
+                                 syntax. For format details see:
+                                 https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --store.enable-index-header-lazy-reader
                                  If true, Store Gateway will lazy memory map
                                  index-header only once the block is required by

docs/components/tools.md

@@ -297,18 +297,19 @@ Flags:
                                 remote storage
       --selector.relabel-config=<content>
                                 Alternative to 'selector.relabel-config-file'
-                                flag (mutually exclusive). Content of
-                                YAML file that contains relabeling
-                                configuration that allows selecting
-                                blocks. It follows native Prometheus
-                                relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                flag (mutually exclusive). Content of YAML
+                                file with relabeling configuration that allows
+                                selecting blocks to act on based on their
+                                external labels. It follows thanos sharding
+                                relabel-config syntax. For format details see:
+                                https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --selector.relabel-config-file=<file-path>
-                                Path to YAML file that contains relabeling
-                                configuration that allows selecting
-                                blocks. It follows native Prometheus
-                                relabel-config syntax. See format details:
-                                https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config
+                                Path to YAML file with relabeling
+                                configuration that allows selecting blocks
+                                to act on based on their external labels.
+                                It follows thanos sharding relabel-config
+                                syntax. For format details see:
+                                https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling
       --timeout=5m              Timeout to download metadata from remote storage
       --tracing.config=<content>
                                 Alternative to 'tracing.config-file' flag

docs/sharding.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 # Background
 
-Currently, all components that read from object store assume that all the operations and functionality should be done based on **all** the available blocks that are present in the certain bucket's root directory.
+By default, all components that read from object store assume that all the operations and functionality should be done based on **all** the available blocks that are present in the given bucket's root directory.
 
-This is in most cases totally fine, however with time and allowance of storing blocks from multiple `Sources` into the same bucket, the number of objects in a bucket can grow drastically.
+This is in most cases totally fine, however when storing blocks from many `Sources` over long durations in the same bucket the number of objects in a bucket can grow drastically.
 
 This means that with time you might want to scale out certain components e.g:
 
@@ -18,35 +18,28 @@ Queries against store gateway which are touching large number of blocks (no matt
 
 # Relabelling
 
-Similar to [promtail](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/configuration/#relabel_configs) this config will follow native [Prometheus relabel-config](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config) syntax.
+Similar to [promtail](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/clients/promtail/configuration/#relabel_configs) this config follows native [Prometheus relabel-config](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config) syntax.
 
-Now, thanos only support following relabel actions:
+Currently, thanos only supports the following relabel actions:
 
 * keep
 
 * drop
 
 * hashmod
-  * `external labels` for all components
+  * on `external labels` for all components
 
-  * `__block_id` for store gateway, see this [example](https://github.com/observatorium/configuration/blob/bf1304b0d7bce2ae3fefa80412bb358f9aa176fb/environments/openshift/manifests/observatorium-template.yaml#L1514-L1521)
+  * on `__block_id` for store gateway, see this [example](https://github.com/observatorium/configuration/blob/bf1304b0d7bce2ae3fefa80412bb358f9aa176fb/environments/openshift/manifests/observatorium-template.yaml#L1514-L1521)
 
-The relabel config defines filtering process done on **every** synchronization with object storage.
+The relabel config is used to filter the relevant blocks every time a Thanos component synchronizes with object storage. If a block is dropped, this means it will be ignored by the component.
 
-We will allow potentially manipulating with several of inputs:
+Currently, only external labels are allowed as sources. The block will be dropped if the output is an empty label set.
 
-* External labels:
-  * `<name>`
+If no relabel-config is given, all external labels will be kept.
 
-Output:
+Example usages:
 
-* If output is empty, drop block.
-
-By default, on empty relabel-config, all external labels are assumed.
-
-Example usages would be:
-
-* Drop blocks which contains external labels cluster=A
+* Ignore blocks which contain the external labels `cluster=A`
 
 ```yaml
 - action: drop
@@ -55,7 +48,7 @@ Example usages would be:
   - cluster
 ```
 
-* Keep only blocks which contains external labels cluster=A
+* Keep only blocks which contain the external labels `cluster=A`
 
 ```yaml
 - action: keep

pkg/extkingpin/flags.go

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func RegisterSelectorRelabelFlags(cmd FlagClause) *extflag.PathOrContent {
 	return extflag.RegisterPathOrContent(
 		cmd,
 		"selector.relabel-config",
-		"YAML file that contains relabeling configuration that allows selecting blocks. It follows native Prometheus relabel-config syntax. See format details: https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#relabel_config ",
+		"YAML file with relabeling configuration that allows selecting blocks to act on based on their external labels. It follows thanos sharding relabel-config syntax. For format details see: https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/sharding.md/#relabelling ",
 		extflag.WithEnvSubstitution(),
 	)
 }